Posted: 6:30 pm Tue, September 6, 2011 By Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Uncle Sam wants you to know more about what you’re eating. The Food and Drug Administration wants to revise the nutrition facts label — that breakdown of fats, salts, sugars and nutrients on packaging — to give consumers more useful information and help fight the national obesity epidemic. A proposal is in the works to change several parts of the label, including more accurate serving sizes, a greater emphasis on calories and a diminished role in the daily percent values for substances like fat, sodium and carbohydrates
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FDA Creating New Nutrition Facts Label
LOS ANGELES — Uncle Sam wants you to know more about what you’re eating. The Food and Drug Administration wants to revise the nutrition facts label – that breakdown of fats, salts, sugars and nutrients on packaging – to give consumers more useful information and help fight the national obesity epidemic. A proposal is in the works to change several parts of the label, including more accurate serving sizes, a greater emphasis on calories and a diminished role in the daily percent values for substances like fat, sodium and carbohydrates
FDA Cooking Up Helpful New Nutrition Facts Label « CBS Los …
Filed under Health , Local , News [1] [2] [3] LOS ANGELES (AP) — Uncle Sam wants you to know more about what you’re eating.
Stanton Peele: The Cultural Reasons America's Underprivileged …
There has been a surge in the recognition of the toll bad eating, obesity and related health problems are causing poor Americans. Michelle Obama, of course, contributed to this recent surge of interest with her garden and lectures on nutrition to inner-city kids. New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman has been a consistent advocate for enhancing our diets and our health.
The New Nutrition Chart | ChristWire
While American’s starve, Obama has spent 2 million dollars to have the people at ChooseMyPlate.gov [1] create a new graphical chart for all of us Americans to follow. Do we really need a 2 million dollar graphic showing us what to eat and how much of what to eat
Teachers, Nurses, and Medical Care in California Schools « InterACT
In California, we have a school staffing problem. By many measures [1] , we are the worst in the nation when it comes to putting enough people in place to do the jobs we expect of our schools and districts. With school nurses [2] , the ratios are far too low to meet needs, but the potential consequences for some students are more immediate and more dire
Carole Carson: Picking Up the Tab for Medical Care: Who Should Pay?
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s [1] refusal to apologize for introducing state-mandated healthcare insurance while governor of Massachusetts may doom his chances to head the 2012 Republican party ticket. Moreover, the fractious issue is unlikely to go away since most Americans are (or will be) financially impacted by government-mandated medical insurance programs and policies. A sputtering economy combined with healthcare costs that topped $2.5 trillion in 2009 [2] (with further increases projected) will force presidential candidates along with ordinary citizens to face a hard question: who should pay for an individual’s medical care?
Privatize Medical Care? | Doctor
Health Care / Obama Care Reform Side. Hospitals are a business.
Michelle Obama's Well-Earned Victory Lap on Nutrition – COLORLINES
First Lady Michelle Obama is taking a victory lap [1] today for the one-year anniversary of her widely celebrated childhood obesity initiative.
Nutrition labels to move to the front of packages | Chicago …
By Emily Bryson York Posted today at 6:13 p.m.